Tucker Creek Middle

Tucker Creek Middle is one of the modestly sized 6-8 campuss in Havelock, North Carolina, one of the schools within Craven County Board of Education, with 478 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Tucker Creek Middle is one of 26 schools operated by Craven County Board of Education, a district that works with 12,152 students overall.

Demographically, Tucker Creek Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Tucker Creek Middle shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Craven County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tucker Creek Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Craven County) shows that median household earnings sit near $65,873, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Craven County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students), of which Tucker Creek Middle is one.

The closest other public school is W Jesse Gurganus Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tucker Creek Middle comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Tucker Creek Middle's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 478). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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